Railway-rail brace.



N. E. BARNES. RAILWAY BML BRACE." APPLICATION FILED APRA 1915.

1,190,083. Patented Jp1y4, 1916.v

PATENT oEEioE.

NED EASTMAN BARNES, OF WILLIS, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-.RAIL BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 191e.

:Application filed April 9, 1915. Serial N o. 20,143.

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NED EASTMAN BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Willis, in the county of Mqntgomery and State of Texas, haveinventedifcrtain new and useful Improvements in a Railway-Rall Brace, ofwhich the following is a specifica- `tion.

This invention relates tof new and useful improvements in a rail-wayrailbrace.,

The object of the invention is to provide a brace of the characterdescribed, which is designed vparticularly to be used on curves ofrail-way tracks, and which ties the rails in fixed position relative toeach other, so as to prevent spreading of said rails. lThe bracehowever, may also be used on straight tracks, and when employed, .a lessnumber of ties will be necessary. 'lf

Vhen applied to the rails -at the joints formed by the abutting ends ofadjacent rails, the brace acts also as a substitute for the ordinaryfish-plates, now in common use for securing said abutting rail-endstogether. A

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has particularrelation to cer.-

tain novel features of construction, arrangement of parts and use, isgiven in this in the accompanying an example of which drawings, whereinFigure 1, is a side elevation of the brace,

as applied to the rails. "Fig 2, is a side ele vation thereof, showingal modified 'form of,

the b Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the .form showninFig.f2; and, F ig. 4,'is an enlarged vertical sectional View of theform shown in Fig. l.

Referring'now more particularly tothe drawings, wherein like numerals ofreference designate similar parts in eachY of atheiigures, the numeralsl andl2, -refer, respectivelyto blocks formed' o-fr`netal `or. other`suitable material, arranged .underneath tlle respective rails, 3 and 4.The outer edges of these respective blocks have the braces 5 and 6,respectively integral therewith, fit over the outer flanges of therespective rails-.and whose free edges rest against l l the outer sidesof the rail webs.

The blocks,

j 1 and 2, are held in Xed position relative to each other, by means ofthe tie-rod 7, whose ends are threaded and pass through centraltransverse apertures in said 4respective blocks, and threaded upon therespective ends of said rod are the jam-nuts 8 and 9,l

specification and 'illustrated' blocks against vdetachment free .edgesare bent over against the inner Y lllges ofthe respective rails 3 and 4.lThe rod 7, passes through these plates, and they are secured inposition against tl el corresponding blocks by means of the lock nuts 12and 13.

In Figs. 2 and 3, I have shown a modified formof the brace, wherein theblock l', is y shownvfsubstantially similar to the block l, but thebrace plate l0', isshown integral therewith. Before. this block isplaced in po- 'sition on. therail, fthe plate l0', is curved outwardly,as shownindotted lines, in Figs. 2 andB, andafter Athe blockli's'placed,'this plate s bent over so as tde'ngage the innerrail-Hange, as shown. In form shown i that showifln the tie i'od"'7,is'i'1itegral`with: the block l, and; ,has the iixed annular' shoulder13', l hichjholdsthe brace-.plate 11, 'in `posi- Figs. 2 :and 3, Aissimilar Y to means of the 'lock y other respects, the.

ductors hey'may insul'ated from the railbrace" by'-int erpos gsnitableinsulating materia'l, between ilfaiid brace, as shown Ordinarily Vthreeof-'the'braces will be em- `ployedfforf each .rail. length, one at thecent'e'rof thevra'il' and one midway between. the center'and/the railend on each side. owever, aj greater or less number may be feniployed,the number being determined by the traffic over the road andthe angle of the curvesthereof.

` h ileI have shownV only two forms of 'the -device,'it is obvious thatthe mechanical tructure may be varied, without departing rom thevprinciple 'of the invention, and I hereby reserve the right to makesuch struclzural changes as may be found necessary, so ong as I keepwithin the scope, of the appendedfclaims.

What I claim is: A 1. In a railway brace, brace blocks engagingvagainstthe outer sides ofthe respective rails of a track and having undercutgrooves in which the outer rail flanges, respectively, t, atie rod.attached to one of said blocks at one end and whose other end has an annal-ar shoulder integral therewith, against which the correspondingblock is located and by means of which it is ixed upon said rod and anadjustable brace plate carried by each block and engaging over the innerflanges of the respective rails.

ln a railway rail brace, brace blocks engaging against the outer sidesof the respective rails of a track and upon which said rails rest, andhaving undercut grooves in which tht` outer rail flanges, respectively,lit, and a tie rod, one end of which extends through one with the otherblock, nuts secured upon the outer end of said rod and securing said rodblock and the other being rigid' against detachment therefrom, a braceplate through which one end of said rod extends and another brace platewith which the other end is rigid engaging over the inner flanges of therespective rails and a shoulder on said rod against which the inner sideof one of said plates rests when in normal position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

NED EASTMAN BARNES.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. LrDDELL, DOROTHY L. CATHEY.

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